Woodgate seals deal as Spurs see off Arsenal

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• VIDEO: Why Woodgate is so much in demand

Reports indicated that Arsenal had swooped for the 28-year-old England defender, making Boro an offer £1million in excess of their north London rival's £6m bid.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, however, has moved to rubbish those reports, saying: "I do not know where that story came from. There is no truth in it at all.

"We have never been in touch with Middlesbrough about Jonathan Woodgate."

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Woodgate arrives at Spurs' training ground

The former Leeds, Newcastle and Real Madrid star - who will be available for next month's Carling Cup Final against Chelsea at Wembley - underwent a medical at White Hart Lane and shook hands with Spurs officials at the weekend before returning to Teesside.

Boro chief executive Keith Lamb said: "We've agreed a fee with Tottenham and as far as I'm aware he went down at the weekend to have a medical and we're just waiting to see."

Newcastle had also had a bid accepted by their north-east neighbours but Woodgate was never keen on a second spell at St James' Park.